Posted on 09/21/2019 7:08:48 AM PDT by marktwain
On 10 September 2019, Colorado Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) offered an amendment to the proposed bill to create federal grants for “Red Flag” bills in the House of Representative. The amendment was offered in the Judiciary Committee. Representative Ken Buck's introduction of the amendment occurs in the first minute and ten seconds of the video on C-Span. “Red Flag” bills allow police to confiscate guns from people with a mere accusation they may pose a threat. In Red Flag bills, there is little due process.
An accusation is sufficient. No court appearance by the accused, or confrontation of witnesses, is required. There is no presumption of innocence. To regain their rights, the person accused has to prove they are “not* a danger. They may incur thousands of dollars of court costs to regain the property that was taken from them without due process.
Representative Buck's amendment would allow law enforcement agencies, on probable cause of a person belonging to a criminal gang, to use “Red Flag” laws to take guns from gang members.
Representative Buck offered testimony that most murders and violent crimes involving guns are committed by gang members. The standard of probable cause is much higher than a mere accusation from a family member or other person who may have motivation to make false charges, about potential future conduct.
The amendment pointed out the hypocrisy of the Left. The Committee Chairman, Representative Nadler, said a taking guns from a person, for simply being on a database, would violate due
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Birds of a feather flock together.
Red Flag “laws” would immediately be used as POLITICAL WEAPONS by the Marxist RATS. You can be your life on it.
Bkmrk
Well of course they don’t want to include gang members
How are they going to sic the gang members on a disarmed Americans if the gang members are unarmed too
In the countries where these groups come from, Salvador and Honduras, just HAVING 18th street or MS13 tattoos lands you in prison where you STAY. Not kidding. If we deport these people and notify the authorities they are coming they should go straight to prison, do not pass go.
The majority of gang members don’t legally own guns. They are either convicted felons or they own stolen guns that have had their serial numbers removed. Red flag laws will only target law abiding gun owners.
They have already been trying to classify the NRA as a terrorist organization. Do you think maybe they will immediately “red flag” anyone who has ever been a member?
Seems like a fair inclusion if someone insists on red flag laws: gang members, Antifa, communists, socialists, drug users, and Islamic cult members.
Hello, Red Flag people? Yeah, hey, my neighbor is nuts. He played the Greenwood song Proud to be an American. Can you come take his guns?
Right away sir. Our armoured deputies will be right over to crash his door and search his house..
The Demomnicrat position is congruent with their previous actions of giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Seems like a fair inclusion if someone insists on red flag laws: gang members, Antifa, communists, socialists, drug users, and Islamic cult members.
You just listed a bunch of the EXCLUSIONS Democrats will insist on.
Exactly. The Neo-Marxist janissaries have to come from somewhere.
Democrats would rather orchestrate suicide for the USA
I ain't no stinking, filthy, dirty ass lawyer but to me that sounds completely, totally and absolutely unconstitutional... :(
The way this country is going, no democrat should be allowed to own a firearm.
Of course the will exclude them. If they didn’t their Antifa buddies would not be able to own arms.
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